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Biography

I was born in Kenya and grew up in England. At College I majored in Biochemistry and for my PhD project, I focused on effects of dietary cholesterol on LDL receptor activity in healthy individuals. I was deeply inspired by the research from Brown and Goldstein lab, that set me on path to a career as a physician/scientist doing translational research. My clinical, research and educational activities center around inherited metabolic liver diseases and in particular on Gaucher disease. Yale has provided me with a rich environment to develop a nationally recognized clinical program for Gaucher disease and exciting collaborations that have led to the first authentic conditional KO mouse model of Gaucher disease and the first GWAS study in search for genetic modifiers of this extraordinary diverse Mendelian disease. I am proud for the opportunity to serve this patient population through membership of the advisory boards of National Gaucher Foundation (USA) and Project Hope's Humanitarian Program for children of the world suffering from Gaucher disease.

Education & Training

MBBS

Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (1983)

PhD

St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School (1979)

Fellow

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Resident

Royal Free Hospital, London

Intern

Royal Free Hospital, London

Fellow

Royal Free Hospital, London

Activities

Treatment of children with Gaucher disease

India 2006

India Cerezyme Access Program

Gaucher disease

China; Egypt 2001

Project Hope Humanitarian Program

Honors & Recognition

Award

Awarding Organization

Date

Fellow

Royal Society of Medicine

2008

M.A. (privatim)

Yale University

2007

National Gaucher Foundation (USA) award for contributions to
Gaucher’s disease